Example sentences of "i [vb past] just [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 2 | Clouds were moving across the far north-west of the landscape as I got to the cave , and I 'd just reached the mouth when the first drops of rain spattered on the stones at my feet . |
| 3 | Probably , I do n't know actually it 's really weird it keeps going it went once and I was playing hockey , it was really embarrassing I 'd just played the ball |
| 4 | I 'd just squawked the new transponder code when I saw a helicopter ahead at two o'clock . |
| 5 | And I 'd just seen a colleague come and go in less than three months … |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd just left the Royal Academy , I 'd just got the results of my finals . |
| 7 | and I 'd just peeled an orange to be honest |
| 8 | She was n't worried about her wardrobe in comparison to me having landed on the on the road , which I thought was extremely good considering that she I 'd just demolished a nice piece of her f er a piece of her furniture . |
| 9 | I 'd just approached a woman ( who , it emerged , could speak only Mandarin ) , to ask her about the joys of cycling . |
| 10 | It was reasonable enough , but I 'd just signed a new contract with the company . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd just left the Royal Academy , I 'd just got the results of my finals . |
| 12 | " It 's as if I 'd just taken a photograph . " |
| 13 | ‘ When I bought this hat , I 'd just had a horrible haircut so it covered up the mistake nicely . ’ |
| 14 | I remember waking up in the middle of the night with a big smile on my face , feeling really pleased with myself , thinking that I 'd just had a wet dream . |
| 15 | Though I 'd just had the official report , I wanted the inside story . |
| 16 | I 'd just had an idea for a way of doing Lear and it had brought me luck . |
| 17 | There was no point having an arm with a gun attached to it , so I decided just to have the gun itself , rather like a tank . ’ |
| 18 | I said not to spend any money , I said just get a little box of chocolates , that was all , finish . |
| 19 | And I said just get the nail out and re repair the inner tube he said no it 's the there 's a new regulation this year that if the outer case of the you know the tyre has |
| 20 | I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines . |
| 21 | When I had just erected the tent , Paddy laid aside his empty plate , strolled over , opened a locker and , with an expression of humorous disgust , peered inside and said , ‘ What d' you keep in there ? |
| 22 | ‘ I had just reached the age where such things were becoming of interest to me , and it was n't too long after the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth when my sister and I had collected as many photos as we could lay our hands on . ’ |
| 23 | Although surgery was a mutilation , and I had just lost a kidney , that seemed nothing compared with the loss of a beautiful head of hair . |
| 24 | But I wish I had just stayed a worker , |
| 25 | Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard . |
| 26 | ( I must tell here the story of a charming American lady who approached me when I had just given a talk on regression therapy . |
| 27 | Ben and I had just given a recital in Vienna . |
| 28 | Feeling as if I had just won a gold medal , I ran home , carefully examined my treasure to find that the ‘ bone ’ handle was only painted tin . |
| 29 | He looked down at me as if he were a giant and I had just climbed a beanstalk . |
| 30 | I had just left the shelter of my brolly as a pout started to rattle my rod tip when a 5 oz sinker ripped a hole through my brolly . |